Kachemak Bay State Park and State Wilderness Park - Alaska

Address:Homer, Alaska
Tel: (907) 262-5581

Kachemak Bay State Park is 400,000 acres of the best of Alaskan wilderness. Due to its location, the weather is here ever changing and often unpredictable, but makes for an excellent setting for outdoor recreation. This park is brimming with nature, unexplored and contains massive glaciers, raging rivers, and crashing waterfalls along with countless flora and fauna that have made their home in the park including puffins, eagles, porpoises, and even whales. There are fantastic opportunities here for camping in the wild as well as fishing, boating, kayaking and hiking on over 80 miles of trails. Rustic cabins are also available to visitors who can't get enough of this incredible State Park.

Moran State Park is a 5,252-acre camping park with five freshwater lakes and over 30 miles of hiking trails. Atop the 2,409-foot-high Mt. Constitution, the highest point on the San Juan Islands, there stands a stone observation tower built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1936. The tower offers panoramic views of the surrounding islands, the Cascade Mountains and a variety of Canadian and American cities.